The Beer Thread

sweetcell wrote:

Yada wrote:
KBS was bad this year???

not bad per se, didn't live up to the hype.

are you saying you couldn't taste it's rareness? 

James wrote:
Which ones are you (and other boardies) planning on hitting?

this is a bad week for me to be going out in the evening, so other than the flower lunch thinky i don't think i'm going to make anything else.  sad beer-drinking panda (but happier bank account).

sweetcell wrote:
of note: Black Note, from Michigan, also comes in an attractive package:

I'm NOT loving that packaging.

James wrote:
Which ones are you (and other boardies) planning on hitting?

My wife and I are doing to Paradiso flower beer thing for lunch Thursday and the Meridian Pint sours for brunch on Sunday.

I'm likely doing the Kuhnhenn thing at Churchkey Friday with a friend or alone.



I'd also like to do the Surly/Churchkey event just so that I could have my first Abrasive, but don't know if I can swing it.

I'd also like to do the old beers thing at Meridian Pint just to have a Sucaba, but think I'll miss that one as well.  The Founders and Stone events look appealing, but likely will miss them too.

Yada wrote:
so… many… beer…events.

Not completely sure yet, but hopefully the Surly or one of the many Firestone Walker events (big hunt, paradiso, or CK).

I wish I was able to do some of the ones that are earlier in the day, but it just ain't in the cards.

for all the maryland homers:

Flying Dog announces Dead Rise Summer Ale - brewed with Old Bay
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-04-04/entertainment/bal-flying-dog-old-bay-20140404_1_flying-dog-old-bay-true-blue-program

stevewizzle wrote:
are you saying you couldn't taste it's rareness? 

i'm saying it's a good imperial stout, but i needs MORE rareness.

sweetcell wrote:
for all the maryland homers:

Flying Dog announces Dead Rise Summer Ale - brewed with Old Bay
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-04-04/entertainment/bal-flying-dog-old-bay-20140404_1_flying-dog-old-bay-true-blue-program

that can't be good.

Yada wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
for all the maryland homers:

Flying Dog announces Dead Rise Summer Ale - brewed with Old Bay
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-04-04/entertainment/bal-flying-dog-old-bay-20140404_1_flying-dog-old-bay-true-blue-program

that can't be good.

What? Everything tastes better with Old Bay.


I had a Union Craft Anthem Cream Ale.  I didn't really care for it as the hops were overpowering. 

Had Parabola on tap on Saturday at GBD. Great as always, but definitely on the boozier side this year than past versions. Needs a year or so to mellow out. Really wish I found a bottle this year.

Yada wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
for all the maryland homers:

Flying Dog announces Dead Rise Summer Ale - brewed with Old Bay
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-04-04/entertainment/bal-flying-dog-old-bay-20140404_1_flying-dog-old-bay-true-blue-program

that can't be good.

i'm definitely going to give this one a try.  i think a belgian pale is a great style.  should be a good beer as long as they made the Old Bay a background note, something subtle.  hopefully they didn't brew something that tastes like a quarter pound of Old Bay mixed with bubbly water.

BrettnotBritt wrote:
Had Parabola on tap on Saturday at GBD. Great as always, but definitely on the boozier side this year than past versions. Needs a year or so to mellow out. Really wish I found a bottle this year.

wow, they still had some on saturday?!?  we were there on thursday when they tapped it.  didn't think it would last that long. 

yeah, it's definitely young and had some heat in it but it's still really drinkable.  certainly more so than fresh BCBS.  should be incredible in a year.

I think that's the first time I've ever seen the words "cream ale" and "overpowering hops" in the same paragraph.

atomic wrote:

Yada wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
for all the maryland homers:

Flying Dog announces Dead Rise Summer Ale - brewed with Old Bay
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-04-04/entertainment/bal-flying-dog-old-bay-20140404_1_flying-dog-old-bay-true-blue-program

that can't be good.

What? Everything tastes better with Old Bay.


I had a Union Craft Anthem Cream Ale.  I didn't really care for it as the hops were overpowering. 

James wrote:
I think that's the first time I've ever seen the words "cream ale" and "overpowering hops" in the same paragraph.

atomic wrote:

Yada wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
for all the maryland homers:

Flying Dog announces Dead Rise Summer Ale - brewed with Old Bay
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-04-04/entertainment/bal-flying-dog-old-bay-20140404_1_flying-dog-old-bay-true-blue-program

that can't be good.

What? Everything tastes better with Old Bay.


I had a Union Craft Anthem Cream Ale.  I didn't really care for it as the hops were overpowering. 

Yeah it was quite disapointing. I almost didn't finish it. 

atomic wrote:

Yada wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
for all the maryland homers:

Flying Dog announces Dead Rise Summer Ale - brewed with Old Bay
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-04-04/entertainment/bal-flying-dog-old-bay-20140404_1_flying-dog-old-bay-true-blue-program

that can't be good.

What? Everything tastes better with Old Bay.


I had a Union Craft Anthem Cream Ale.  I didn't really care for it as the hops were overpowering. 

Have you had the Hardywood Cream Ale? You might like it. Pretty easy to find as it's from Richmond.
The can drops some historical info too.

Pretty easy to find if you're in VA. It's not quite in DC yet, and definitely not in Baltimore, where Atomic lives.

slappy wrote:

atomic wrote:

Yada wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
for all the maryland homers:

Flying Dog announces Dead Rise Summer Ale - brewed with Old Bay
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-04-04/entertainment/bal-flying-dog-old-bay-20140404_1_flying-dog-old-bay-true-blue-program

that can't be good.

What? Everything tastes better with Old Bay.


I had a Union Craft Anthem Cream Ale.  I didn't really care for it as the hops were overpowering. 

Have you had the Hardywood Cream Ale? You might like it. Pretty easy to find as it's from Richmond.
The can drops some historical info too.

sweetcell wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:
are you saying you couldn't taste it's rareness? 

i'm saying it's a good imperial stout, but i needs MORE rareness.

those guys either need to cut production or expand distribution.

stevewizzle wrote:

sweetcell wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:
are you saying you couldn't taste it's rareness? 

i'm saying it's a good imperial stout, but i needs MORE rareness.

those guys either need to cut production or expand distribution.

They should move to Michigan and redesign their label to look prettier.

Perhaps I've lost track of the topic and/or am missing the joke, but they're (Founders) already located in Michigan.

Julian, wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:

sweetcell wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:
are you saying you couldn't taste it's rareness? 

i'm saying it's a good imperial stout, but i needs MORE rareness.

those guys either need to cut production or expand distribution.

They should move to Michigan and redesign their label to look prettier.

James wrote:
Perhaps I've lost track of the topic and/or am missing the joke, but they're (Founders) already located in Michigan.

Julian, wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:

sweetcell wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:
are you saying you couldn't taste it's rareness? 

i'm saying it's a good imperial stout, but i needs MORE rareness.

those guys either need to cut production or expand distribution.

They should move to Michigan and redesign their label to look prettier.

Just a label redesign then. Carry on.

Julian, wrote:

James wrote:
Perhaps I've lost track of the topic and/or am missing the joke, but they're (Founders) already located in Michigan.

Julian, wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:

sweetcell wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:
are you saying you couldn't taste it's rareness? 

i'm saying it's a good imperial stout, but i needs MORE rareness.

those guys either need to cut production or expand distribution.

They should move to Michigan and redesign their label to look prettier.

Just a label redesign then. Carry on.

I think Bell's and Founders are now being confused?
Bell's has always had crappy labels, except Hopslam is kinda clever.
Crappy label art is now almost a given on good brews.

Best Labels on crappy to meh brews.
Maybe Kona?

slappy wrote:

Julian, wrote:

James wrote:
Perhaps I've lost track of the topic and/or am missing the joke, but they're (Founders) already located in Michigan.

Julian, wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:

sweetcell wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:
are you saying you couldn't taste it's rareness? 

i'm saying it's a good imperial stout, but i needs MORE rareness.

those guys either need to cut production or expand distribution.

They should move to Michigan and redesign their label to look prettier.

Just a label redesign then. Carry on.

I think Bell's and Founders are now being confused?
Bell's has always had crappy labels, except Hopslam is kinda clever.
Crappy label art is now almost a given on good brews.

Oberon has a very pleasing color scheme and logo. I enjoy the subtle interplay of the blue and orange together with the slightest hint of teal thats perceivable to the trained eye.